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Introduction
Principles
Geopolitics of Software Industry
History
"Sociology" of the movement
Who's participating
How is free software developped
+Free Software movement
Open Source movement
Legal considerations
Choosing Free/OpenSource software
Why address this question in classes at INT
Miscelleanous
Appendices
  

Free Software movement

Philosophy : Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

  • Freedom : Make copies, improve, distribute

  • Equality : Same rights for everyone

  • Brotherhood : Co-operation among all to build something together

Free Software movement :

  • ethics, philosophy, political activism

  • Richard M. Stallman and the FSF (Free Software Foundation : http://www.fsf.org)

  • Debian distribution
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